Construction Law

Construction in the Fort Walton Beach vicinity of Florida is continuing as a South Walton road is changing to a one-way street with the addition of more parking spaces. Hotz Avenue, a road in Grayton Beach, will undergo 75 days of construction that began on December...

The Fort Walton Beach area of Florida continues to see substantial construction activity as two more developers in the state have announced new plans to build a senior living facility in the region. The St. Joe Co. issued a press release together with the Watercrest...

The South Walton Fire District is getting a new training facility that will be located behind the current fire station. The main purposes of the new building are to store equipment used by the fleet and to train firefighters. According to a support representative from...

Contractors in Florida may find that they have problems managing cash flow as the construction sector has recently seen significant growth. Typically, a subcontractor will bill the general contractor once a month. Once the general contractor receives bills from the...

Fort Walton Beach continues to be home to a number of construction projects, with renovations to the Gulfview Hotel expected to be completed by early February 2019. The historic hotel began the project in August 2018, transitioning to become a tourist welcome center...

As construction projects continue to rise in Fort Walton Beach, a local business park could soon be in for improvements. The Fort Walton Beach Commerce and Technology Park wants to set up a business improvement district or Community Redevelopment Agency at the park to...

Commercial development projects continue to rise in Fort Walton Beach with the opening of an Ulta Beauty store near Uptown Station. The cosmetics store and salon, a branch of a national chain, opened on Oct. 26 after a several-month period in which the facility was...

Contractors or subcontractors in Florida who have performed work on a construction project but have not been paid may file a claim known as a contractor's lien. Paying invoices sent by contractors on time is the best way to avoid a contractor's lien. If a contractor...

A group of investors claims that a Florida real estate developer abused the EB-5 investor program and bilked them out of millions in a lawsuit filed on Oct. 11 in Palm Beach County. The 90 Chinese plaintiffs are hoping to recover some of their $99.5 million investment...

A potential zoning and land use change in Florida has some property owners standing in opposition. A developer from Fort Walton Beach is seeking to combine two lots in Ocean City, at 112 and 116 Monahan Drive N.E. The developer plans to demolish two houses on the lots...